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In a surprise move, Norman Howell, Formula One's director of communications, has stepped down.

Toro Rosso spent more than €2million because of a number of heavy crashes its drivers suffered during the 2018 Formula 1 season

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The 2018 campaign was a season of maximal grid consistency, with the same 20 drivers starting each of the 21 races in the same seats (unless you want to get technical about Force India's mid-season change of ownership). It is fitting, then, that all of the entropy that had built up has spilled out into shuffling the 2019 roster instead, leading all but two teams to make changes. Of the 20 ... Keep reading

The 2018 Formula 1 season was packed with a bumper mix of stories and sub-plots that centred on an explosive driver market and technical intrigue

The Red Bull junior team ended its first year with Honda ninth in the constructors’ championship after scoring 33 points, earning a best result of fourth with Pierre Gasly.  Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost has revealed that the opposite end of its fortunes were several costly shunts, including first-lap accidents for Gasly in Spain and Brendon Hartley in Canada. “We had highlights this ... Keep reading

The Williams Formula 1 found the "bottom of the trench" performance-wise in 2018, according to chief technical officer Paddy Lowe

Williams finished 10th in the constructors’ championship, the worst result in its history, as its FW41 proved fundamentally flawed and its young drivers Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin scored just seven points between them. That result followed four podium-finishing seasons in which the team managed to finish in the top five. Lowe told Motorsport.com: “It’s been a very tough season ... Keep reading

Did he quit or was he pushed out? That was the question is everyone's mind since Fernando Alonso announced his retirement from F1 at the end of the 2018 season. Following 17 seasons in grand prix racing, the two-time world champion decided to put an end - for now at least - to his F1 career after year another season that failed to deliver what he had hoped for since rejoining McLaren for the ... Keep reading

The reliability of Honda's Formula 1 engine reached a "comfortable" level in 2018 that was "completely different" to its previous years with McLaren

Hamilton wrapped up a fifth world title this year with a season that featured a joint-personal best tally of 11 wins from 21 races, despite increased opposition from Ferrari and, late on, Red Bull. F1 managing director of motorsport Brawn highlighted Hamilton’s “quite exceptional” pole lap in Singapore, where Mercedes was expected to be third-best before Hamilton topped qualifying and ... Keep reading

In a bid to find an acceptable alternative to grid penalties, F1's powers-that-be have turned to the fans.

Lewis Hamilton reached a "surreal level" in 2018 that was similar to how Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna changed the "reference" for Formula 1 drivers, says Ross Brawn

McLaren boss Zak Brown says he has a five-year plan to get back to winning races and then titles.

Honda partnered with Toro Rosso for 2018 and scored more points with Red Bull’s junior team than it managed in two of the three years spent with McLaren. That effort included a fourth-place finish in Bahrain, Honda’s best result since rejoining the F1 grid in 2015, and the higher performance peaks came with improved reliability too. After nine-Honda related retirements for McLaren in ... Keep reading

Red Bull’s belief in its ability to create the best car often led to criticism of engine supplier Renault, which has struggled in comparison to rivals under the hybrid regulations. This season can be seen as somewhat of a transitional year for Red Bull then, as it makes the switch to full-factory Honda power for 2019, a move which it hopes will truly catapult the team into a three-way battle for ... Keep reading

Grosjean failed to score points in any of the first eight races of the season, suffering a high-profile botched pitstop in Australia but also making major errors in Azerbaijan and Spain. Magnussen scored 27 points in that same period, but Grosjean hit back with fourth place – Haas’s best result in F1 – in Austria and then finished in the top 10 in seven of the next 12 grands ... Keep reading

Romain Grosjean is proud of his comeback against Haas Formula 1 team-mate Kevin Magnussen in 2018 and believes he did a "great job" to recover the way he did

Former Brabham and McLaren Formula 1 designer Professor Gordon Murray has been awarded a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in the 2019 Queen's New Year Honours

Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner believes that his team did everything it could to retain Daniel Ricciardo for the 2019 Formula 1 season

After weeks of discussions, Ricciardo was expected to sign a new contract with the Milton Keynes-based squad shortly after the Hungarian Grand Prix at the end of July. But the Australian opted instead to join Renault and caught Horner and Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko by surprise when he informed them of his decision. “We looked at it and I think we did everything that we possibly ... Keep reading

The former Brabham and McLaren designer’s accolade is in recognition of his ‘Services to Motoring’ – rewarding his lifetime’s work in the automotive sector as well as on the racetrack. “It is extremely humbling to receive a CBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours,” said Murray, 72. “I’ve spent more than 50 years doing what I love, working with a wealth of highly-talented and ... Keep reading

Its withdrawal as a manufacturer at the end of the 2011 campaign had seen it fall into private ownership and although some success initially followed, the team lost key personnel and began to fall down the pecking order. Renault went about a total overhaul of the Enstone operation over the last three years, with heavy investment in both infrastructure and the recruitment of new personnel. In ... Keep reading

A Formula 1-inspired timepiece - designed by tech-drawing legend Giorgio Piola – can be yours for as little as $315

Ocon made his full-season debut with Force India last year and his qualifying record against the experienced Sergio Perez was 7-13 in the Mexican's favour. However, Ocon improved in the second half of the season and the Mercedes junior, who will be sidelined in 2019 thanks to a bizarre series of events, continued that into 2019 and defeated Perez 15-5 in comparable sessions. "It is my target ... Keep reading

As part of its 'F1 Fan Voice' online community, F1 regularly carries out surveys to gauge the opinions of its audience. In the latest of these surveys, it notes that "Research conducted by Formula 1 shows that fans are not satisfied with the existing grid penalties system", and says it would like to "understand your view on some alternative options". Read Also: F1 wants to "get ... Keep reading

Formula 1 has offered hints at possible alternatives to grid penalties in a new survey for fans

Esteban Ocon says his improvement in Formula 1 qualifying this season was important because Mercedes wanted to see him in make gains in that area

This looked set to be THE year. At least for the first 10 races of the season. Then it all started to go horribly wrong for Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel, who went from favourites for the title to being left wondering what had hit them in the space of weeks. It all had started perfectly: a strong pre-season, during which Ferrari looked to have finally caught up with Mercedes in terms of engine ... Keep reading

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says he feels humbled to have joined Ferrari in winning five consecutive world championship doubles in Formula 1

Lewis Hamilton's title success this year has secured a clean sweep for Mercedes in the turbo hybrid era, and makes it only the second team in history after Ferrari to have won five drivers' and constructors' crowns on the trot. Wolff says the achievement is something that he is immensely proud of, as he recalls a congratulatory phone call from FIA president Jean Todt, who was the mastermind ... Keep reading

That didn’t make it a copy of last year’s Ferrari as some have suggested though, rather a tribute – as it makes sense to take design cues from the larger teams when operating with less resources and a relatively meagre budget. Join us as we take a look at some of the similar design elements that may have provoked such indignation and marvel at the complexity of the designs only used by ... Keep reading

Having only entered F1 three years ago, the American-owned outfit showed the progress it had made with a run of strong performances from Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen. And although Renault pipped it in the end for the best-of-the-rest spot behind the top three outfits, team boss Gunther Steiner has admitted that he too never expected things to go so well in 2018. "I think we surprised ... Keep reading

The Haas Formula 1 team has admitted it surprised itself by being able to fight with Renault for a top four place in the constructors' championship in 2018

In the latest round of political jousting over the planned regulations overhaul for 2021, Red Bull Racing have claimed that a switch to the World Endurance Championship could be an option if they are unsatisfied with the road-map for F1. Liberty Media’s first chance to dictate their vision for Formula One is when the current […]

Following its worst season in living memory, nine-time champion F1 constructor Williams is reduced to celebrating its success in sim racing.

Toro Rosso Formula 1 team principal Franz Tost says he was "shocked" by how little specific car knowledge Honda had after its three-year partnership with McLaren

Honda started supplying engines to Toro Rosso at the start of 2018 and scored its best finish of the year, a fourth place for Pierre Gasly in Bahrain, just two races in. The team finished ninth in the constructors' championship with 33 points and Honda signed a deal to supply the Red Bull parent team from next season, replacing long-time engine partner Renault. Read Also: Top ... Keep reading

Daniel Ricciardo says that he stopped caring about his Formula 1 statistics in comparison to Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen, in a season plagued with reliability issues

Ricciardo, who will move to Renault in 2019, scored two wins early on in the season, in China and Monaco respectively but the rest of his season was marred by misfortune and he finished a distant sixth in the championship standings. By comparison, Verstappen recovered from a tough start to the year to enjoy his strongest F1 campaign to date, finishing fourth in the championship, winning in ... Keep reading

The writing was already on the wall on September 15, 2017. It was on that day when Toro Rosso confirmed its switch from Renault to Honda engines for the 2018 season, in what was the first step that paved the way for Red Bull to follow suit a year later. The animosity between the energy drinks giant and the French engine manufacturer had been public for a while after Renault had failed to ... Keep reading

At a time leaders in the free world are calling for peace, harmony and unity, Helmut 'Ebenezer' Marko has gone and spoiled it all, uttering a loud "bah humbug", or whatever its equivalent in German might be.

Claire Williams believes her Formula 1 team's 2018 car was so flawed that it would have been difficult to improve "even if we had tripled" the budget

Williams finished 10th and last in the constructors’ championship in 2018, the team’s worst result in its long history. Both Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin struggled to get to grips with the underperforming FW41 this season and were only able to score points on two occasions, in Azerbaijan and Italy. “I think the problems were related to the global car, if you like – we’ve had ... Keep reading

The energy drinks company took over Jaguar's works entry for the 2005 F1 season and blossomed into the dominant force from 2010-13, winning four consecutive drivers' and constructors' titles. Red Bull has been reduced to a sporadic race winner in the V6 turbo-hybrid era that began in 2014, but will switch from being a Renault engine customer to having de facto works Honda status for 2019 in a ... Keep reading

Red Bull could target Le Mans 24 Hours success with an Aston Martin Valkyrie-based hypercar instead of Formula 1, if it does not see a viable post-2020 grand prix future

The autonomous racing series Roborace is not limited to running alongside Formula E and would be open to demonstrating its driverless car technology alongside Formula 1 and other series

Delightful company out of the cockpit, but hard-as-nails inside it – and prone to his fair share of huge shunts! – I’ve known Mario since his British Formula Ford days of 1995. While he’s still the amiable character he always was, his life is very different these days, but that steely determination remains. Mario now dedicates his life to saving jaguars via a remarkable project linked ... Keep reading

When footage emerged of Max Verstappen approaching Esteban Ocon after the Brazil race and giving him several pushes during a heated conversation, much of the social media reaction was somewhere along the lines of “you hate to see that” and “this is embarrassing for F1”. Except, well, it isn't and you clearly don't – 'you' in this case being the general public, considering the rate at ... Keep reading

Just what is it about the aloof and indifferent nature of Kimi Raikkonen's character that sports fans find so engaging?

Toro Rosso swapped Renault engines for Honda for this year after the Japanese company finally split with McLaren after three tough campaigns. McLaren slated Honda for poor performance and reliability but Honda regrouped alongside Toro Rosso, scored the best result since returning to F1 in 2015 and convinced Red Bull to join its junior team in using Honda’s engines next season. “Honda was ... Keep reading

Honda's performance in the 2018 Formula 1 season was a "highlight" for Toro Rosso because rival teams thought it was "totally crazy" to choose the engine manufacturer

This deal came together extremely late in the car’s development cycle, so much so that it compromised the overall design decisions and weakened its challenge. The MCL33 was an evolution of its predecessors, cars that the team had often ‘talked up’ as being one of the best on the grid, save for the lack of performance and reliability from the Honda power unit. However, the truncated ... Keep reading

Kevin Magnussen thinks Haas faced too much of a "headwind" in 2018 during a campaign where almost everything "that could go wrong did go wrong"

In 2018 Formula 1 fans had the chance to submit their own driver ratings for each grand prix as part of Autosport's popular feature

Bernie Ecclestone's Christmas card hints at a difficult year ahead for Chase Carey and F1's powers-that-be.

Although Haas had the fourth quickest car at times this year, it readily admits that its hopes of a better spot in the constructors’ championship were hit by a number of incidents and accidents. “This year has felt like a lot of things that could go wrong did go wrong,” said Magnussen, who is confident that key lessons have been learned. “It’s one of those where the wind is always ... Keep reading

Abysmal reliability meant Ricciardo slipped to a distant sixth in the championship, 79 points behind Verstappen, after winning two of the first six races. Verstappen outqualified Ricciardo 11 times in a row after the Aussie's Monaco triumph to comfortably win the intra-team battle 15-3 and end the year with an average qualifying advantage of 0.131s. Ricciardo told Motorsport.com: “I am ... Keep reading

Daniel Ricciardo reckons his qualifying record and points tally compared to Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen in the 2018 Formula 1 season were distorted

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2019 move which sees British F1 coverage move behind a paywall for all but one race could cost the sport 5 million viewers.

Renault says it is "sorry, but not sorry" to have ended its relationship with Red Bull after some rollercoaster years with the energy drinks backed team

Although the Red Bull-Renault partnership produced four consecutive Formula 1 title doubles between 2010 and 2013, more recently there was high tension amid criticism from the Milton Keynes-based team about power unit performance and reliability. Red Bull has elected to switch to Honda engines for 2019, leaving Renault supplying just itself and McLaren next year, but the French car manufacturer ... Keep reading

Honda had to abort a planned change to help its upgraded F1 engine at Suzuka after being "surprised" by an instruction shortly before the start of the race to go back to the post shift ignition retard settings it had used in qualifying. A written request to make that change in parc ferme conditions had been approved by the FIA's technical delegate, Jo Bauer. Honda was unhappy with the ... Keep reading

The FIA U-turn that caught Honda out ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix helped the Formula 1 engine manufacturer make an important breakthrough with the governing body in 2018

The Italian, now 57, brought the famous six-wheeler he now owns to this year’s edition of the Historic Minardi Day at Imola. Pierluigi considers the car ‘a mechanical jewel’ in F1’s history. He has made a complete renovation of the 1977 machine, and after putting in hours of hard work, he even went to Australia to find some details to make it perfect. Ronnie Peterson with the ... Keep reading

This meant an enlarged budget, the arrival of Ferrari starlet Charles Leclerc, a slew of new technical personnel and a current power unit – rather than the year old one they’d been using in 2017. Even with all of this in tow you could forgive a team like Sauber for creating something a little beige, given its recent record. However, the C37 was anything but – it had many interesting ... Keep reading

Sainz snuck into the top 10 of the championship by securing his first best-of-the-rest win of the year in Abu Dhabi, in which he finished sixth, but lost other big because of mechanical problems. The 2019 McLaren signing found it painful to miss such results that given how much effort had gone into overcoming early-season difficulties getting on top of things at Renault, which he had only ... Keep reading

Alonso has decided to leave F1 after another season spent fighting for scraps, ending his four-year reunion with McLaren without a single podium finish. McLaren has endured one of the worst years of its F1 history because of an inherent aerodynamic problem with its MCL33 that resulted in too much drag but a failure to maintain downforce levels through corners. Alonso said that the reasons ... Keep reading

McLaren says a lack of communication and clarity of roles within the Formula 1 team were the key factors that triggered the problems that were exposed in 2018

Christian Horner believes that Red Bull produced the best Formula 1 chassis in 2018, which he says was demonstrated at races where outright power was a reduced factor

Red Bull scored four grand prix victories this year, and for the first time in the hybrid era the Milton Keynes-based team earned a pole position at a track other than Monaco, when Daniel Ricciardo took the top spot in Mexico. “I think RB14 has been a very strong car,” Horner told Motorsport.com. “I think arguably it’s been the strongest chassis of the season. "If you were to ... Keep reading

Before the start of the F1 season we asked for your predictions on the top three drivers, best and worst teams, and worst driver. How did you do?

It should not be underestimated just how much work must be undertaken to switch supplier, with each of the power units having their own physical, cooling and even aerodynamic demands. Unsurprisingly this workload did have an impact on the STR13, perhaps reducing the team’s chances of fighting those around it towards the back of the grid. For Prime users: How Honda restored its F1 ... Keep reading

Most racing drivers start out with the intention of getting to Formula 1, but for many their time on the grand prix grid is just the precursor to greater success elsewhere in motorsport

Honda Formula 1 boss Masashi Yamamoto says the manufacturer's "biggest change" in 2018 with Toro Rosso compared to its McLaren partnership was "much better communication"

Formula One Management has revealed that in total 4,093,305 spectators attended the 21 races that comprised the 2018 season.

Official attendance figures released by Formula 1 reveal the British Grand Prix had the highest attendance of any race during the 2018 season

The Silverstone race – which still does not have a deal in place beyond 2019 after circuit bosses activated a break clause – had a weekend attendance figure of 340,000, with its race day figure 140,500 also the highest of the season. The Mexican Grand Prix was a close second on both weekend and Sunday numbers, recording 334,946 and 135,407 respectively. F1's announcement of its figures ... Keep reading

Follow the new Formula E season across the BBC with full race calendar, results and TV and online coverage times.

The FIA has revealed the requirements Formula 1 teams will need to adhere to in order to produce unrestricted CFD simulations for the planned 2021 aerodynamics regulations

In December's World Motor Sport Council meeting, the FIA announced that the limit on CFD development for current specification cars would be lifted - albeit only for work carried out for the expected 2021 rules. This has been confirmed in the latest issue of the sporting regulations, released on Thursday, explaining the conditions in which teams will be permitted to carry out development for ... Keep reading

Honda's F1 boss Masashi Yamamoto admits that biggest difference after switching from McLaren to Toro Rosso was improved communications.

The Japanese company returned to F1 in 2015 as sole engine supplier to McLaren, but a troubled and acrimonious tenure led to the pair parting ways at the end of '17. Honda joined forces with Toro Rosso for this season and the new partnership ended the campaign eighth in the constructors' table with 33 points, three more than Honda managed with McLaren the previous season. "The biggest change ... Keep reading

A US Court has ordered a member of the Racing Point consortium to release documents relating to the purchase of Force India as Uralkali case continues.

Renault was keen to beat rivals Haas by a big enough margin so that Romain Grosjean's disqualification from sixth place in Monza – which created a 10-point swing towards the Enstone team – had no impact on the outcome. In the end the gap between them was 29 points. Significantly, Renault also outscored the combined total of Sahara Force India and Racing Point Force India by 122 to ... Keep reading

Carlos Sainz Jr was "really hurt" by the missed opportunities during his 2018 Formula 1 season before leaving Renault with a final flourish

Red Bull must become a championship contender again with its Honda partnership, says ex-Ferrari boss-turned-Formula 1 head Ross Brawn

After five years at Maranello, Raikkonen is moving to Sauber for 2019 because his bosses elected to take Charles Leclerc instead. Raikkonen had a stronger season in 2018 than recent years, taking pole position in Italy and a win in the United States, and remains one of the most popular drivers on the grid. Wolff therefore thinks F1 will suffer from not having him in frontrunning ... Keep reading

Hopes were high for the rules reset in 2017, as the team came off the back of a 2016 campaign that saw it in a dogfight with Force India for fourth place, a position that it almost willingly gave up by switching focus for the regulatory rebirth. Unfortunately the FW40 did not maximise the scope of the new rules package, and it slid down the pecking order. Even that could not prepare us for ... Keep reading

Renault's 2019 Formula 1 challenger will be launched at its Enstone factory the week before the start of pre-season testing

The French manufacturer has confirmed its "season launch" will take place at its UK base on February 12. Pre-season testing begins at Barcelona on February 18. Renault rose to best-of-the-rest in 2018, finishing fourth in the constructors' championship in its third season since returning to F1 as a works team. It has signed Daniel Ricciardo from Red Bull to partner Nico Hulkenberg in 2019 ... Keep reading

Niki Lauda leaps to Sebastian Vettel's defence as he reveals world champion sent him handwritten note as he recovered from life-saving surgery.

Although Alonso has now left F1 and will continue his World Endurance Championship commitments, as well as return to the Indianapolis 500, he is expected to retain close links to the McLaren F1 team. There had been speculation that Alonso could test McLaren's 2019 car, and both Carlos Sainz Jr and Lando Norris have said they would welcome the two-time F1 champion's input. But McLaren is keen ... Keep reading

McLaren has spoken to Fernando Alonso about the possibility of him testing its 2019 Formula 1 car

Toto Wolff has warned that Valtteri Bottas must justify his seat at Mercedes.

Autosport's annual ranking of the top 50 drivers of the year is always one of our most popular, and controversial, features of the year

Vettel finished runner-up to Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton in the world championship after several high-profile mistakes and Ferrari's own struggles led to him being defeated for a second year in a row. Lauda, speaking to La Gazzetta dello Sport in his first interview since the lung transplant that saved his life, backed Vettel to emerge as a major threat to Hamilton in 2019 and revealed he received ... Keep reading

Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda believes it would be "absurd" to question Sebastian Vettel because of the Ferrari Formula 1 driver's problems in 2018

Formula One Management has announced a multi-year, multi-game licensing partnership with games studio Hutch, to create new games for iOS and Android mobile platforms.

The project, which spent several million in Danish kroner on research and planning, was led by former government minister Helge Sander. It gained support from the likes of the country's industry minister Brian Mikkelsen, who had said it looked "more and more realistic", and Lars Seier Christensen, the founder of former Lotus F1 team backer Saxo Bank. Meetings with F1 bosses were said to be ... Keep reading

Denmark's push for a Formula 1 race now relies on an alternative to Copenhagen after the company promoting a grand prix in the capital was formally closed last month

Valtteri Bottas might be the king of understatement. “This season definitely wasn’t easy,” he says, as we discuss what has been a triumphant year in general for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport but a challenging one for the partner of now five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. In spite of this, Bottas was determined not to let his […]

Kimi Raikkonen's departure from Ferrari at the end of this year has been labelled by Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff as a "blow" to everyone in Formula 1

After sweeping four consecutive F1 title doubles from 2010 to 2013, the V6 turbo-hybrid engines that arrived in 2014 reduced Red Bull to a bit-part player. It has opted to part company with long-time engine supplier Renault and join forces with Honda, which rebuilt its reputation with Red Bull's junior team Toro Rosso this year after its poor 2015-2017 spell with McLaren. Brawn, who ran ... Keep reading

"This season definitely wasn't easy," he says, as we discuss what has been a triumphant year in general for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport but a challenging one for the partner of now five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. In spite of this, Bottas was determined not to let his head drop and to continue to do his best for the team, playing a vital role in helping Mercedes-AMG Petronas ... Keep reading

Valtteri Bottas might be the king of understatement

Discussions of a Formula One race on the streets of London look set to intensify after the Mayor of London said that the idea “should be possible”. As things stand, 2019 will be the final time that the British Grand Prix will be contested at Silverstone after The British Racing Drivers’ Club activated the ‘break clause’ […]

McLaren say 2019 is an "important year" as they seek a route back to competitiveness following one of the worst F1 seasons in their history.

While the French car manufacturer failed to do enough last year to convince Red Bull to remain with it, the early indications are that it has made some decent steps with work on the next generation of engine that will power its works team and McLaren. Speaking to selected media on Wednesday, McLaren CEO Zak Brown revealed that there was a mood of optimism coming out of Renault about its ... Keep reading

Renault has found "a lot of kilowatts" in the development of its 2019 Formula 1 engine, customer team McLaren has been told

A grand prix in the English city has been little more than a pipe dream for several years but it is an option F1 owner Liberty Media has continued to explore. The future of the British Grand Prix is under threat because current host Silverstone has activated a break clause in its contract with F1 that means the 2019 race will be its last without a fresh deal. However, F1 has made it clear ... Keep reading

The prospect of a London grand prix has been boosted by the city mayor believing it "should be possible" and Formula 1 targeting a grand prix on the capital's outskirts

Leclerc, F1's star rookie of 2018, will replace Raikkonen alongside Sebastian Vettel next season and has been tipped to fight for the title in his first year with the famous Italian team. Brawn, who was a vital part of Ferrari's success with Michael Schumacher in his spell at the team from 1997 to 2006, believes Vettel will get a sterner challenge from his new teammate. "I don't imagine ... Keep reading

With the U-turn on engine regulations putting off new manufacturers entering the sport, Toto Wolff questions whether there is actually a need for more.

Charles Leclerc will not be as "accommodating" towards Sebastian Vettel as Kimi Raikkonen was at Ferrari, reckons Formula 1's sporting chief Ross Brawn

Szafnauer was chief operating officer at Force India, which collapsed earlier this year and was reincarnated as a new company and F1 entry known as Racing Point Force India. The 'new' team, owned by a consortium led by Lawrence Stroll, named Szafnauer as team principal and CEO. However, he had opportunities to leave during the uncertain period in which the team's future was unknown. "I ... Keep reading

Ross Brawn reveals that F1 bosses are considering a street race on the outskirts of London.

Lewis Hamilton says he is "super proud" of hometown Stevenage after his faux pas at the SPOTY awards.

Racing Point Formula 1 team boss Otmar Szafnauer turned down the chance to leave in the summer when Force India fell into administration

Renault says it was surprised that its main rival in Formula 1 this year turned out to be Haas rather than McLaren

When McLaren signed a deal to switch to Renault from Honda for the start of the 2018 campaign, many expected that the Woking-based team would be fighting for podiums and even wins. However, a fundamental aero problem with the team's MCL33 left the outfit struggling for performance and its form fell away over the course of the season. That left the way open for Haas to emerge as one of the ... Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton says he is "super proud" of hometown Stevenage after his faux pas at the SPOTY awards.

Lewis Hamilton says he is "super proud" of hometown Stevenage after his faux pas at the SPOTY awards.

Toro Rosso driver Alexander Albon has picked #23 as his full-time Formula 1 race number, joking that he is taking "half" of MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi's famous #46

Toro Rosso racer Albon will use the number 23, which he confirmed on Twitter was because it’s half of Valentino Rossi’s famous 46 that he raced with in karting. Albon, 22, who finished third in F2 in 2018, will also use the Twitter hashtag #AA23.   Last week, fellow rookie Lando Norris revealed that he too had considered using Rossi’s number, but that he feared he’d look like a ... Keep reading

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A selection of Kimi Raikkonen's team radio messages have been made into a book of haikus.

It might be the season of goodwill, but not for Christian Horner, as he questions the commitment of Renault's top brass to its F1 programme.

Following three difficult years with the Japanese manufacturer, McLaren elected to make the switch to become Renault customers for 2018. The decision is believed to have cost McLaren as much as a net $100 million - thanks to losing Honda's free engines and financial backing, plus having to pay for Renault's power units. The move also exposed weaknesses within the McLaren organisation as the ... Keep reading